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Mother Wore Tights (1947)

 -  Musical  -  September 1947 (USA)
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In this chronicle of a vaudeville family, Myrtle McKinley (class of 1900) goes to San Francisco to attend business school, but ends up in a chorus line. Soon, star Frank Burt notices her ... See full summary »

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Won 1 Oscar. Another 2 nominations. See more awards »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
...
Mother
...
Daddy
Mona Freeman ...
Iris
Connie Marshall ...
Mikie
Vanessa Brown ...
Bessie
Robert Arthur ...
Sara Allgood ...
Grandmother McKinley
...
Mr. Schneider
Ruth Nelson ...
Miss Ridgeway
Anabel Shaw ...
Alice Flemmerhammer
Stephen Dunne ...
Roy Bivins (as Michael Dunne)
George Cleveland ...
Grandfather McKinley
Veda Ann Borg ...
Rosemary Olcott
Sig Ruman ...
Papa
Lee Patrick ...
Lil
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In this chronicle of a vaudeville family, Myrtle McKinley (class of 1900) goes to San Francisco to attend business school, but ends up in a chorus line. Soon, star Frank Burt notices her talent, hires her for a "two-act", then marries her. Incidents of the marriage and the growing pains of eldest daughter Miriam are followed, interspersed with nostalgic musical numbers. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

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In our family dad wore the pants but . . . Mother Wore Tights [Australia Theatrical]

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September 1947 (USA)  »

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...E os Anos Passaram  »

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$2,727,000 (estimated)
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(Western Electric Recording)

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(Technicolor)

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1.37 : 1
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Betty Grable was pregnant during the filming of this movie. See more »

Connections

Edited into My Blue Heaven (1950) See more »

Soundtracks

"At a Georgia Camp Meeting"
(uncredited)
Written by Kerry Mills
Danced to by Betty Grable, Stephen Kirchner and chorus in the School Musical scene
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Pedestrian backstage story of vaudeville family.

This is strictly for fans of Betty Grable and Dan Dailey. The story is pedestrian and saccharine and has been done and infinitum in the movie musical world. It does have going for it fine Technicolor cinematography which was nominated for an Oscar, plus Alfred Newman's lively orchestrations which won an Oscar. It was additionally nominated for Best Song. Costumes are lavish and should also have been nominated. It's harmless but hardly outstanding.


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